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Luca Quintavalli Is Honored with the Silver A' Design Award for Olmedo HR High Roof Accessible Vehicle in Vehicle, Mobility and Transportation Design
Luca Quintavalli acknowledged for vehicle, mobility and transportation design by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 17, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Vehicle, Mobility and Transportation Design category for Olmedo HR High Roof Accessible Vehicle by Luca Quintavalli, designed for Olmedo Hr. The result belongs to the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Silver A' Design Award Means
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
More About Olmedo HR High Roof Accessible Vehicle
Olmedo HR is presented by Olmedo on the basis of the K9 Stellantis body, featuring an innovative and unconventional concept derived from the proven high roof technology. The concept idea to create space and accessibility suitable for a wide variety of missions including transporting people with disabilities, and making a small vehicle accessible without modifications to the chassis or mechanical parts. HR was designed to ensure compatibility even with full electric versions.
About Luca Quintavalli
Since 1951 a single strong value: helping others Reconciling tradition and innovation, style and functionality. In 70 years of history Olmedo has distinguished itself for having collected under a single name an almost impossible mission winning a place among the most exclusive factories of ambulances and special vehicles in Europe. A journey made with the desire to restate the canons of the bodywork in the medical sector and disabled transport, turning to the future without ever losing sight of the mission that has distinguished the past of the group: guarantee everyone the freedom to move.
Award Record
With this recognition, Luca Quintavalli is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Vehicle, Mobility and Transportation Design Award
The A' Vehicle Design Award is an international vehicle design competition recognizing good vehicle designs by best vehicle designers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to vehicle designers, mobility solution providers, transportation design studios and automotive engineers from all countries. Typical entries include cars, motorcycles, bicycles, trucks, buses and trains. The awarded vehicle designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/vehicle
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/155580
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/155580
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!155580
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/349765
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Olmedo HR High Roof Accessible Vehicle
- Function
- High Roof Accessible Vehicle
- Category
- Vehicle, Mobility and Transportation Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Automotive
- Colors
- Black, Light Gray, Dark Gray, Dark Slate Gray and Lavender
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Olmedo Hr
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Luca Quintavalli
- Country
- Italy
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #155580
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- OLMEDO HR is presented by Olmedo on the basis of the K9 Stellantis body, featuring an innovative and unconventional concept derived from the proven high roof technology The challenge of making a passenger vehicle beautiful and accessible, albeit with impactful body work, was met with the introduction of a new construction principle that allowed for optimization of interior space as well as containment of exterior dimensions through the integration of the roof to the sides, the "HR" concept, therefore, features a line proportionate to the overall dimensions of the vehicle, with a significant reduction in the maximum exterior height.
- Inspiration
- The concept idea To create space and accessibility suitable for a wide variety of missions including transporting people with disabilities, making a small vehicle accessible without modifications to the chassis or mechanical parts. Therefore, in line with what Fiat Doblò has achieved in more than 20 years of success. AESTHETICS. In order to dispel the cliché of ugly but affordable, HR puts in place a veritable styling revolution presenting a new identity that includes a streamlined glazed raised roof proportionate to the size of the vehicle and giving the prototype's styling an appreciable multi-utility car line.
- Research
- We started from commercial request: a compact and good-looking vehicle with great accessibility in terms of interior and access spaces that breaks down the 'accessible but ugly' binomial pinned on previous high-roof solutions. During the design process, we addressed several issues: 1. find shapes that would make a tall and short vehicle aesthetically pleasing, limiting the perception of a reported component with a "hat" effect We resolve this point with a roof structure integrated with the ergonomics of the basic vehicle, complementing proportions in both directions: top and side. The roof is placed flush with the bending change to create continuity to the side curves. 2.
- Challenge
- We started from commercial request: a compact and good-looking vehicle with great accessibility in terms of interior and access spaces that breaks down the 'accessible but ugly' binomial pinned on previous high-roof solutions.
- Realization and Technology
- The HR prototype can boast engineering solutions to increase its ease of use and practicality, such as the innovative Twilling Twin Door, the up and over tailgate patented that eliminate the raised rear double hinged doors and offers coverage from sun and rain, finally, the polarized side and front windows make the cabin bright and friendly.No welding and tested components produced with automotive guidelines for an automotive production concept; HR is the result of OLMEDO's 70 years of experience in specialty bodywork, which puts safety and simplicity in manufacturing at its core.
- Operation and Interaction
- Olmedo HR is a high roof vehcile designed by Olmedo to create space and accessibility suitable for a wide variety of missions including transporting people with disabilities, making a small vehicle accessible. Unique spaces and compact dimensions. The challenge of making a passenger vehicle "beautiful and accessible," albeit with impactful body work, was met with the introduction of a new construction principle that allowed for optimization of interior space as well as containment of exterior dimensions through the integration of the roof to the sides; the "HR" concept, therefore, features a line proportionate to the overall dimensions of the vehicle, with a significant reduction in the...
- Project Duration and Location
- Project started in 2020 in Reggio Emilia, Italy and will be available on 2024
- Specifications
- 4403 mm x2107mm x 2030mm
